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32.
Potato is a modified form (outgrowth) of
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Musaazi jb said:
3 years ago
Why a sugar cane is not a stem tuber? Anyone explain me in detail.
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Pranjal said:
4 years ago
How can a potato be a shoot it grows opposite to gravity (negative geotropic) which is a feature of roots only?
Please explain me...
Please explain me...
David Ochieng said:
4 years ago
First, there are two types of potatoes.
Irish potatoes which are stem tuber and sweet potatoes which it is root tuber.
Irish potatoes which are stem tuber and sweet potatoes which it is root tuber.
Jimmy said:
5 years ago
Why are sugarcane not regarded as stem tuber yet they store food? Explain.
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Kaggwa Andrew said:
5 years ago
No, It is not called as a root tuber because anything to be called a tuber has to be growing from the ground.
MOHAMMED said:
5 years ago
I agree with the given answer.
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Pavanireddy said:
6 years ago
The potatoes grow on underground stems called as stolon. So, it is tuber.
And also potato is a stem modification form.
And also potato is a stem modification form.
Tani said:
6 years ago
It is a stem vegetable. The potatoes grow on underground stems, called stolons. You can know potato tubers are actually thickened stems because they have buds that sprout stems and leaves. Roots don't do that.
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RAUSHAN kumar said:
6 years ago
Potatoes grow underground, but the part we eat is not a root. It is a an underground stem called a tuber.
Bincy said:
7 years ago
Potato is an example for underground modification of stem. It develops by the swelling of the tip of stolon (slender lateral branch from the base of the stem). It stores large amount of food, mainly starch.
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